Hild: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Hild Sequence series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hild audiobook runs 23.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Pearl Hewitt (about 15.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 48 days |
| 1 hour / day | 24 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 23.7 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on THe Hild Sequence
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 52.4 hours in all.
More narrated by Pearl Hewitt
Pearl Hewitt narrates 151 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,186 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
178 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Hild is book 1 of Nicola Griffith's Hild Sequence series: a 23.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Pearl Hewitt, released December 17, 2013, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Pearl Hewitt
- Released
- December 17, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- Series
- THe Hild Sequence #1
- ISBN
- 9781427241191
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hild audiobook?
Hild runs 23.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.8 hours.
Is the Hild audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hild?
Hild is narrated by Pearl Hewitt.
Is Hild worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.8 hours, saving 7.9 hours.